A Cheese Board for the Food Board
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Some years ago I bought a £5 piece of Rogue River Blue. At £78/kg it was enough for half a sandwich. It was very nice, but something I felt to be worth that much. It was matured wrapped in brandy soaked vine leaves.
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Binky wrote:We had Baron Bigod for the first time this Christmas. It was very good but not as good as a runny Brie de Meaux (imo).
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I like both, not had a lot of Baron Bigod which seems to be rather fashionable
I’ve mentioned before that Aldi has a very good Brie de Meaux at a good price
I find some cheeses smell of ammonia, but not specifically goat (the odour of a goat is caprylic acid and its derivatives) though I suppose ammonia does tend to favour cheeses with powdery white soft rinds, which many goat cheeses have so there is an obvious link.
I think you have to go a long way to beat the good old Chavroux mini log, which is in nearly every supermarket and often on offer. Just wrap it in something more airtight than the bit of paper provided.
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We got our Baron Bigod from a local(ish) company that does home deliveries. Received an email just now to say they are to cease trading in a week.
This is the second company this week to give us that news - the other was an artisan baker who says orders are down and it's no longer worth delivering, and customers must visit the shop. We can't due to self-isolation, so no more proper sourdough chez Binky.
This is the second company this week to give us that news - the other was an artisan baker who says orders are down and it's no longer worth delivering, and customers must visit the shop. We can't due to self-isolation, so no more proper sourdough chez Binky.
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The Baron Brigid was on offer at Neal’s Yard before Christmas. I bought a chunk!
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The Doddington cheese is one of my favourite cheeses. I see that they have brought out a smoked cheese and a blue cheese. I must try some.
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When people talk about smoked cheese it reminds me of something I used to love as a teenager. It probably wasn't even real cheese, but it was a sausage shaped piece of 'smoked cheese' wrapped in brown plastic. The bakery near our school sold mini-Hovis (the size of approx two matchboxes) and this was a staple snack for many of us in sixth form.
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There was a big brown sausage shaped cheese called "Smoked Austrian". About 3 inches in diameter. It was sold in thick slices. I still see it around in the supermarkets.
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Found a picture of the one I'm thinking of.
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Found a picture of the one I'm thinking of.
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Yes, the brown 'sausage' is still around in supermarkets in whole small sausages or slices from larger ones. I rarely buy it but have always liked it too!
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aero280 wrote:There was a big brown sausage shaped cheese called "Smoked Austrian". About 3 inches in diameter. It was sold in thick slices. I still see it around in the supermarkets.
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Found a picture of the one I'm thinking of.
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They also made a smaller chub aka sausage shape of the Austrian smoked cheese, the same size as the ~4oz packs of Matteson’s liver sausage etc and I think I’ve seen tiny ones in pick and mix cheese selections
ETA I see EM mentioned the small ones, Sainsbury’s describe them as containing “smoke flavoured processed cheese”. Nice. There’s also a Bavarian variant.
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/pro ... heese-125g
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OOhh yes, I remember that too, it was a huge treat!!
(For some reason I associate that with the milk that used to come in the tall bottles with the metal cap, was it sterilised or something? I absolutely loved it! I wonder if my mother got them both from the milkman and so I would maybe have them at the same time?)
(For some reason I associate that with the milk that used to come in the tall bottles with the metal cap, was it sterilised or something? I absolutely loved it! I wonder if my mother got them both from the milkman and so I would maybe have them at the same time?)
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That was definitely sterilised milk, and I would blame either your milkman or your corner shop
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https://www.eadt.co.uk/things-to-do/foo ... ay-8634858
I really rate a soft ripe Baron Bigod … seems I’m not the only one …
I really rate a soft ripe Baron Bigod … seems I’m not the only one …
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I often buy cheese from the deli counter at my tesco where the offer is 3 for £5 ... of each cheese costs £2.75, that's quite a saving. My favourite is the truffle flavoured Iberico. It doesn't last long once I get it home - Last time I found Montagnolo which is equally delicious but in an entirely different way .. that one gets eaten straight off the knife
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Ooh, Patsy, I think my Tesco may do similar but I never really look there as it is a bit away from the normal cheese section.
I’ll definitely have a browse next time.
I’ll definitely have a browse next time.
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Suffs wrote:https://www.eadt.co.uk/things-to-do/food-reviews/baron-bigod-cheese-fen-farm-bungay-8634858
I really rate a soft ripe Baron Bigod … seems I’m not the only one …
As mentioned above I love Baron Bigod, it’s delicious, I suspect some of the character comes from making it about twice as thick as thick as classic Brie de Meaux, matures differently
I admit I skimmed the article a bit, so long and apparently not proof read, but what I was looking for and didn’t find was the origin of the name?
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Baron Bigod ... local Norman big-wig SSue ... very appropriate for a Bri-type cheese ... he built the local castle at Bungay ... hang on a min ...
"... Baron Bigod (pronounced By-god) was the Earl of Norfolk in the 12th-century and owned the land on which Fen Farm now stands. By building a castle in Bungay (which overlooks Fen Farm), however, he annoyed the king (Stephen) and was punished by being sent off to fight in Syria.
Baron Bigod originated from Normandy (coming to Britain during the Norman invasion), which is where bloomy-rinded cheeses, such as Camembert and Brie, are best known. Jonathan likes to think “If Baron Bigod were alive today he would be very pleased to know there is good French-style Brie available in his home town!” https://www.thecourtyarddairy.co.uk/sho ... igod-brie/
"... Baron Bigod (pronounced By-god) was the Earl of Norfolk in the 12th-century and owned the land on which Fen Farm now stands. By building a castle in Bungay (which overlooks Fen Farm), however, he annoyed the king (Stephen) and was punished by being sent off to fight in Syria.
Baron Bigod originated from Normandy (coming to Britain during the Norman invasion), which is where bloomy-rinded cheeses, such as Camembert and Brie, are best known. Jonathan likes to think “If Baron Bigod were alive today he would be very pleased to know there is good French-style Brie available in his home town!” https://www.thecourtyarddairy.co.uk/sho ... igod-brie/
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Ah thanks Suffs, Baron Bigod of Bungay makes sense, apart from sounding as if he were invented by Edward Lear
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We had friends around last night and had some Minger https://www.eastlondoncheeseboard.co.uk/product/minger
It was really delicious. Quite pungent but very smooth at the same time.
It was really delicious. Quite pungent but very smooth at the same time.
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We were at Walsingham last year and I was recommending various cheeses made locally. However, the deli in the village also had some Minger. A friend bought a bit, which he later pronounced to be the best of the selection he had purchased.
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RockyBVI wrote:We had friends around last night and had some Minger https://www.eastlondoncheeseboard.co.uk/product/minger
It was really delicious. Quite pungent but very smooth at the same time.
Did you get it at the butcher, Rocky? Driving past the other day it looked as if they had quite an extensive delicatessen as well.
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